deltrittennovels Chapter 713 Lex Luthor's Bat-Parent Army, World Forging
Chapter 713 Lex Luthor's Bat-Parent Army, World Forging
Chapter 713 Lex Luthor's Bat-Parent Legion, The World Forger's New Job
"Why haven't your promised allies arrived yet?"
The World Founder was growing impatient. To be honest, he was beginning to doubt whether the other party was genuinely interested in cooperating with him—or whether he had been tricked, or whether he was simply stalling for time, clinging to the illusion that Barbatos could break free of control.
If the other party continues to believe that they have a way to escape control, then their waiting will become endless.
"you……"
The World Forger has made his decision; he has been helping Batman fend off the rampaging Barbatos so that Batman can focus on creating the portal to pull the members of the main universe in.
Of course, he could try to bring the heroes from the main universe over himself, but the World Builder knew that such an attempt would not yield any results.
He was once a leader, or at least one of the leaders, in the entire multiverse, but now his actions have undoubtedly put him on the opposite side of the entire multiverse. Although the Time Stream has no self-awareness, it can distinguish who the virus is.
When facing him, the heroes of the main universe will be exceptionally intelligent and wise, unleashing their full power. Deceiving them is by no means easy, at least not something that can be done without preparation.
That's why he needs Batman.
He is using Batman, a being deemed an immune cell by the multiverse, to deceive the heroes of the main universe.
But if Batman is unwilling to do what they agreed on, perhaps he should let Barbatos's attack affect Batman a little, and then make Batman fully understand what he has been longing for...
"Alphaus".
The World Forger paused for a moment when he heard the other party call out that name.
"How dare you address me by my first name!?"
"I need your help to melt this crowbar into a sword."
Batman stood expressionless before the World Maker, his expression still solemn.
"I need this sword to bring the Justice League from the main universe over, so please, help me."
The world's foundries were almost laughing in exasperation at the other side.
You need a sword to pull people over. Are you going to use the sword to cleave space, or do you think you can't open it without a sword? Making demands of me at this time is just... ridiculous.
Then he suddenly froze.
"You understand now, Alphaus." Then he heard Batman say, "Someday in the future, I will lose this sword and send it to the past in the Hypertime Stream to reinforce the timeline upstream that created our reality today."
"This is a closed loop of time flow, understand? I just suddenly realized this. I've been thinking about it. That sword that once separated me from the Anti-Monitor and completely helped me break free from the fate of being controlled by Barbatos for the first time, it just appeared in my hand so abruptly at that time, and then collapsed and disappeared, or went somewhere else? How exactly did it appear in my hand?"
Then I just came to a conclusion…”
The World Forger saw Batman turn to look at him: "The answer is: it appeared out of thin air. When that sword appeared, the Hypertime Stream hadn't even generated the history we're in now."
He was merely shooting the arrow first, then drawing the target. Even if we don't forge this sword today, as long as the timeline is pre-set in an infinitely extending future, one day someone will forge it and deliver it to my hands back then, thus ensuring the timeline's history continues forever.
"But the price is that that period of history will forever remain superficial, like a cement road that never fully dries due to a lack of materials."
The World Forger said, "So you need me, you need me to help you forge it now, to complete that history."
The World Maker fell silent, realizing that if this were the case, it meant Batman could not die today.
If he dies now, who will take that sword back?
No, actually, that works too. The World Builder thought. After Batman's death, he could retrieve the sword, then disguise himself as Batman and give it to Vanguard Gold and the Time Master, thus completing the time loop of the super-time flow.
"Okay," he said.
Then, while blocking Barbatos, he said, "Give me the crowbar, and I'll forge it for you."
"How exactly will you do it?"
The World Foundry responded to Chen Tao with action. When Chen Tao threw the crowbar at him, he opened his mouth and swallowed the crowbar whole with the body of the Parallax Demon Hal Jordan.
Barbatos is erratic and insane; his offensive is fierce. The world's forgers are focused entirely on completing the time-traveling historical loop. He's weak; he's been planning this for a long time and isn't at his peak. And more importantly:
He is still suppressing Parallax Morhal's willpower.
He didn't even bother to look closely at what was hidden inside the stick.
He didn't think Batman was capable of doing anything.
Chen Tao's heart pounded.
He didn't expect it either.
He hadn't expected the World Forgers to directly use swallowing it for forging.
He did not lie to the world's foundries; everything he said was true.
He only told part of the truth, told a montage lie, and used a primary objective to summarize a secondary objective.
He hadn't even initially considered that this flawed scheme could actually succeed; he was just trying it out. He originally thought that if the stick could even get close to the World Forger's body, it would already be a success.
But the world's founders were truly fooled.
He swallowed the stick.
At the same time, it also swallowed a series of colorful light rings that were magically concealed on them.
Although these rings are creations of the Dark Multiverse.
But this thing is also a lamp ring.
……
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Lex Luthor from the Justice League has met his toughest opponent yet:
Main universe Batman.
He meant that although the other person didn't have superpowers, his brain was his superpower.
Luther stepped back slightly, and green armor appeared on his body with the help of nanobots.
The moment the armor appeared, the display screen in front of Luthor claimed that it had been attacked by Batman's computer viruses with hundreds of lethal doses.
Numerous pop-ups nearly overwhelmed Luther's face, but the next moment all the viruses vanished without a trace.
Luther breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his armor wasn't taken away by Batman in the first encounter. However, he didn't defeat Batman on a software level. Instead, with the help of the Metal Spirit, he directly reconstructed all the circuit components infected by the software on a hardware level.
Viruses are just data in the end. I can disassemble the circuit components in an instant and then turn them back into the original parts.
The atoms are rearranged, the computer is replaced, and no matter how powerful the virus is, it's useless.
But then Luther saw the [Bat Enhancement Armor] also appear on Batman's body.
(Note: From the magazine "The New 52 Batman & Robin")
This suit of armor wasn't as bulky as the Fenrir armor, so it was able to be carried by Batman.
Interestingly, this suit of armor is specifically designed to counter opponents who also use armor. It possesses immense strength and flight capabilities, making it an "anti-armor" suit of armor.
"No way, I remember you didn't have this around when you were discussing it."
Luther stared at Batman's black armor:
"I scanned your entire body. Even Brainiac's shrinking technology couldn't hide anything from me. You were just wearing your ordinary uniform and your all-purpose belt. How did you conjure it up out of thin air?"
Luther said, "I'm genuinely curious."
"When we discovered you were trying to scan all of us."
Then he heard Batman from the main universe tell him in a deep voice:
"I took a step to the side and stood behind Jessica. In a split second, I stole her green light ring."
"Wait a minute, if Green Lantern Jessica loses her ring, then her Green Lantern uniform will disappear immediately."
"Unless the person who stole his ring can use their willpower to help him maintain the physical form of his uniform without her noticing."
The main universe's Batman said:
"Using the alternate dimension of Jessica's Green Lantern Ring, I concealed my armor from your scan, and then, a few minutes before entering the portal, I stole Jessica's ring as I walked past her."
"When you boasted to us about where this portal led and demanded we enter, I had already placed this suit of armor next to the portal beforehand, then put it back into my all-purpose belt."
"My God, is it really that simple?"
"It's that simple," said the Batman from the main universe.
Luther was speechless.
"How could that be? I think you're talking nonsense, but this might be the only hypothesis that can explain the current situation."
Luther said, "You've been targeting my armor ever since you met me. You even sent the armor to Justice League headquarters beforehand, anticipating a conflict between us."
Then Luther said, "Wait a minute, so you're not hiding any other armor on you right now, right?"
"I don't usually hide my armor on my body," Batman said. "Brainiac's technology is one less thing you can use every time you use it."
"You haven't fully grasped it, it's just..." Luther slapped his forehead, "Never mind, I won't dwell on this anymore. Your main universe is just too bizarre."
"While we were talking, I had already hacked into the nanobots lurking around you," the main universe Batman said. "Your suit of armor alone cannot defeat me."
"I'm afraid that's true." Luther muttered, "Damn it, I just scanned your armor, and it seems to have some kind of electromagnetic paralysis program on it..."
"I upgraded it after I used it last time," Batman said.
"Wait, Batman, you must be mistaken..."
Normally, Batman in the main universe would have already taken action, but this time he still talked some pointless nonsense with Luthor.
It's very simple. The virus takes time to invade, so he needs to slow down Lex Luthor's actions. He needs to give the other party the illusion that they can still make peace, but Batman usually only interrogates the other party after defeating them.
He continued to waste time talking, and before long, a large number of nanobots that he had reversed control of appeared beside Luther. These robots assembled themselves and then completely transformed into one upright armored robot after another.
"The army you've prepared is now completely mine." Batman said, spouting nonsense as he made a final check to make sure all the robots were under his complete control.
This is why he dislikes technology, because technology is often compromised by others. For example, Cyborg, a fellow member of the Justice League, was infected with a virus the moment he saw him, and that virus is still lurking in Cyborg's body.
When he needs it, a single command can paralyze Cyborg.
(Note: He actually did that in Injustice.)
Just like now, just like this moment.
What puzzled Batman was that Luthor clearly realized that he had control over all the nanobots he had deployed, but he didn't seem to show any panic on his face.
Perhaps Luther is able to control himself.
The problem is that the resistance that Batman sensed from those nanobots wasn't very strong.
Those procedural attacks... if Luther really couldn't defend against them at all, then he should have successfully controlled them during his previous actions of controlling the enemy's armor.
Despite changing the way they attacked these nanobots, they still shouldn't surrender so quickly.
Something must have happened, but despite this, Batman did not stop controlling the robot.
Whatever other schemes Luther may have, once he gains control of these nanobots, it will be very difficult for him to take them back.
Defending a city is much easier than attacking it, for the same reason.
"Surrender."
With his final words, the last nanobot was completed.
However, at that moment, he saw a strange expression on Lex Luthor's face.
"Do you miss your parents, Bruce?"
Batman remained silent.
"Would you like to see your parents again?"
Batman remained silent.
He had a vague sense of foreboding, but he didn't want to think about it.
His enemies rarely acted with such a lack of moral boundaries, and even if they did, it was done under his own guidance.
(Note: Yes, it was something Batman himself wrote, such as "If you want to deal with Batman, you have to make a fuss about his parents, digging up their graves is a good way," and then this plan was stolen by the villain...)
Then he saw a corpse crawl out in front of him.
The deceased parents.
Wearing his burial clothes, he was resurrected by some kind of necromancy. Tree branches grew on his head, and he wore a tattered burial suit.
One body after another.
Then he couldn't stop talking anymore.
"How dare you? How dare you?"
"How dare you?"
(End of this chapter)